Should you start learning programming from books?

Question

Programming

I came across this video on the Internet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH8OlXBaIJI
I wanted to know your opinion. Should you start learning a new language from books or understand the syntax of the language better from examples?

Answer 1

You need to understand the difference between "learn programming" and "learn LANGUAGE (for) programming".
Those who have studied the first become programmers, the second - coders. These are 2 different specialties.
Here's what you definitely don't need is to watch videos.
PS. Those who mastered the volumes "The Art of Programming" by Comrade Knuth - respect and respect :)

Answer 2

I advise you to start with examples. It can be videos, interesting articles, etc. There are a lot of technologies today. And learning from scratch from books is not right, and you don’t have time. And suddenly in the middle of the book you stop liking this technology. It's better to try a little bit of everything. And already choose the dev-kit you need. After you have decided, the material from the video will be small for you, as for a professional programmer. You need to read the docs. BUT, there are well-written manuals like vuejs.org that anyone with a little knowledge of html+css+js can figure out. And by the way, usually all languages ​​are the same (they differ in syntax or are a little more focused on something specific or in speed). For example php is purely for the web. Python is multi-purpose (Cool syntax), but what's bad is it's not asynchronous, unlike node.js. Basically my answer.

Answer 3

It just doesn't happen like this. Personally, everything went together for me. Books, videos, articles on the Internet, all mixed up. One complements the other.

Answer 4

Well, the idea is simple.
There is a problem. We are trying to solve it. Then read how others have done it. We compare solutions and analyze what is better in what. This is ideal. The knowledge that we gain will be much deeper than just reading.